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Tuesday, February 27, 2024 February 27, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:39 PM :: 1688 Views Hawaiʻi educators urged to take part in presidential selection process SHOPO & Maui County Reach Agreement on COVID Hazard Pay The real cost of returning to the office in Hawaii COVERUP: HART has never been audited and will now cancel next audit Affordable if you make $186K per Year Almost 12,000 affordable homes in Hawaii could be lost over next 20 years, study says These Billionaires Own 11% Of Hawaii's Private Land Donna Mercado Kim Meets UH Regents. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Puna 2005: Another Girl Almost Tortured to Death Alleged Kakaako Killer Was Convicted of Rape One Year Ago--and yet was out on the street Judge to decide if high-profile case should be delayed because of murder-for-hire probe Miske allegedly threatened a girlfriend’s ex: Like so many others, he ‘declined to prosecute’  Honolulu police fire 3 officers in Makaha crash case $58K to Dry out a Bum Read More..

Monday, February 26, 2024 February 26, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 2629 Views How do criminals become foster parents in Hawaii? Reports show assisted suicide continues to grow in Hawaii Recreational Marijuana Bills on the Move Taxes, Housing, Energy: High Costs Driving People out of Hawaii Hawaii Democrats Presidential Caucus Set for March 6 Hawaii needs better budgeting for Maui recovery You Will Pay for Maui Fire Property Damage: Look out for $5B 'Fund 2' Converting Maui vacation rentals to longer-term housing causing frustration for owners Biden Administration: New Federal Money for More Useless Rail  School Facilities Administration was Just a Scam to Grab Federal Funds DHHL changes $600M spending plan to prioritize land purchasing over home construction  FBI Threatens Politically Incorrect Mid-PAC Basketball Players House bill preventing a mayor or governor from suspending electronic media transmissions SB3159 / HB2470: Stop Vexatious Litigants Most insurance-related bills to help those in Lava Zones 1, 2 have stalled  Kapalama Container Terminal is almost built; that only took about 30 years Chemical attacks described by witnesses in Miske trial Read More..

Sunday, February 25, 2024 February 25, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:16 PM :: 1370 Views The Department’s Quest to Nullify Evidence DoTax: State Tax Credits You Can Claim City Demands Energy Use Data on Apartments and Commercial Buildings 15% State Budget Cut Threatened by Hawaii’s Failure to Build Housing Hawaii has done poorly with grandiose cannabis authorities Column: Crackdown on short-term units will hurt isle people DHHL Plan: More Paper Leases Ethics Reform: After two Bribery Arrests, Legislators Set to do Nothing (again) SB2322: Money for Surfrider’s Fake Bacteria Counts County to Set up Massive Festering Homeless Tent City in Hilo? Read More..

Saturday, February 24, 2024 February 24, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 1766 Views Ninth Circuit to rehear Hawaii butterfly knife ban Green Kills off 'Affordable' Housing Group, Hands Authority to HHFDC 133 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide After Wrecking Tourism Industry, DeFries to Take Over as Executive Director of Mauna Kea Oversight Authority Schatz points to ‘paralysis by analysis’ in Maui housing debate M Nightclub photos invite questions about Miske’s hidden ownership Hawaii Will Pay $60K To An Inmate Who Suffered A Broken Jaw In 2019 Maui Jail Riot HB1601 Stop Arresting Wife Beaters and Drunk Drivers Read More..

Friday, February 23, 2024 February 23, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 4346 Views Kennedy on Hawaii Ballot with 'We The People Party' Hawaii committee to discuss $25 tourism tax Friday UHERO: Hawaii Economy Slowing Hawaii Insiders Plot: Kill Seabright and Wheat? 3 adults accused of torture, starvation death of 10-year-old girl plead not guilty Habitual Violent Misdemeanor Bill Necessary For Community’s Safety Chinese Police on Patrol in Kiribati Maui Temporary Housing: State Games System to Milk FEMA for Every Penny Cost of Housing Lahaina Residents may Lead to ‘Furlough Fridays’ unless FEMA Ponies Up for Hotels Buttigieg visits Skyline while 0.3% of Oahu rides rail Read More..

Thursday, February 22, 2024 February 22, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:23 PM :: 1360 Views SB3381: Stop Lahaina Property Owners from Rebuilding VIDEO: Biological Parents of Ariel Sellers Speak Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Decision Making Hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee Pop-Up Village For 350 Maui Fire Survivors Has Been Blocked for Months by Red Tape Lawmakers Question Plans For Governor's Maui Wildfire Death Settlement Fund SB2475: Stop Recycling Child Molesters Republicans Fail to Oust Nago as Chief Elections Officer Man already serving life was sentenced in murder-for-hire case tied to the Mike Miske case Vehicle towing rates in Hawaii could more than double this year Hale Hookah co-owner pleads not guilty to drug charges Read More..

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 February 21, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:04 PM :: 2048 Views Trump: Tulsi Gabbard on Short List for Vice President More cost, More delay: Green Signs 'PLA' for Lahaina Rebuild Executive Order: Hawaii is a 'Trauma-Informed' State DoH: Exposing tobacco marketing to Hawai‘i’s youth Rule Forcing Corrupt Project Labor Agreements Will Face Legal Challenges FCKBLM? Censorship Leads to 23% Decrease in Personalized License Plate Requests Senate Approves Publicly Funded Election Bill Feds Obtain More Than $1.9 Million in Forfeitures from Hawaii Illegal Gambling Operations Water Activists Delaying Lahaina FEMA Trailers--Just Like they delayed firefighting water Lahaina Temporary Housing Delays Caused by Water Activists cost State $60M and counting Lahaina Homeowners Prohibited from Parking trailer on their Burned-Out property 44% of Residents Thinking About Leaving Hawaii Are Locals Happier on the Mainland? Short-term vacation rentals impact Hawaii’s housing market only 5% Honolulu ethics panel mulls gift prohibition for all city employees Kupuna testify against purchase of Kauai apartments for DHHL beneficiaries School bus driver shortage has lawmakers looking at other options Boyfriend of drowning victim claims inadequate response by police, fire Repeat Offenders Must be released so they can Repeat Again Read More..

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 February 20, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:22 PM :: 1071 Views Hawaiʻi’s future jobs: 70% require postsecondary education by 2031 Cockfighting fans fight Northern Mariana ban at Ninth Circuit Tax Hike News: COVID giveaway to Public Employees plus Maui Fire Costs Could Top $1B This Year Alone Legislature Plans ‘Fundamental Change’ for HECO:  Yes, its a Rate Hike How Green Amendment to Hawaii Constitution will make Fuel and Electricity More Expensive The Plan is Working as Intended:  1,500+ families believed to have left Maui since August wildfires Carpenters Union Illegally Voids Maui Mayor’s Nominees for Boards and Commissions House marijuana debate shows softening support for legalization in Hawaii Food prices increase at grocery stores and restaurants After 20 Years of Violations, Administrative order between EPA, Hawaii county demands improvements to aging sewage plants Read More..

Monday, February 19, 2024 February 19, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 1603 Views True housing reform seems a strong possibility  SB3196 Bans Many Types of Guns Wahiawa Child Abuse Death--Who Should Have Known? Bill requires teachers accused of sexual misconduct to surrender licenses UH Manoa: “So much antisemitism on campus” WSJ: Hawaii Wants Visitors to Pay a Tourist Tax to … uh … Help Prevent the Next Disaster, yeah that’s it Hawaii Legislators Seek To Outlaw AI-Generated Political Misinformation Can crowdsourcing improve reporting of the Miske Trial? Read More..

Sunday, February 18, 2024 February 18, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 2932 Views Skimming Nuclear Munitions Contract? Lawsuit Alleges Dawson is Fake Hawaiian Company The ConAm Returns Again City May be Short on Sanitation Trucks for Months to Come Hawaii's high cost of living is due to “one little thing after another, just building on each other” 111 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide Lahaina Cleanup is Scam to Keep Owners off their own Properties Exodus of Hawaii residents cost state $185M in lost taxes since 2020 Hawaii is the only U.S. state that taxes Medicare, Medicaid and TriCare insurance benefits FEMA housing far from burned properties in West Maui SB2693: Outlaw Kaniela Ing’s Lahaina Charity Scam Blangiardi’s biggest decision was to halt construction of the city rail line before reaching all the way to Ala Moana. City auditor reviews building permit department More Empty promises on horizon for future Hawaiian homestead leases Taxpayers Are On The Hook For $1.25 Million After The State Failed To Provide Water To An Oahu Farmer Child welfare bureaucracy’s debilitating “cover your ass” mentality must be replaced HB1799/SB2670: Help Gays Access Fresh Schoolboys Read More..

Saturday, February 17, 2024 February 17, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:37 PM :: 1669 Views Hawaii is State With the Least Disposable Income Decision on advisory group for UH president’s search postponed Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 17, 2024 Rail: Another GE Tax Increase on the Agenda Prosecutors seek forfeiture of Buntenbah’s House DHS: We do not inspects Guardian or Adoptive Homes Unless Credible Complaint is Made Hawaiian Airlines shareholders approve proposed acquisition by Alaska Air Group Remembering Sara Yara: Community comes together to sign wave Alleged Molester Allegedly Confessed to HPD in 2020--Four Years Later Finally Extradited to Texas Thousands of pounds of illegal fireworks seized Navy’s new $3.4 billion dry dock in Hawaii is most expensive project in service’s history Mayor Blangiardi OKs aid to rail-affected small businesses Read More..

Friday, February 16, 2024 February 16, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:55 PM :: 1216 Views Gun bills pass Hawaii Senate committee Debt: Honolulu 3rd-Worst Sinkhole City CNHA’s Latest Grift: “Something illegal on the side” Defendant In Kaneshiro Case May Pose Danger To Others, Probation Officer Says Hearing to unseal adoption, foster care documents in Isabella Kalua case set Criminal Mother Arrested While Beating Boys in Street WAM Chair Calls Private Meeting To Discuss Maui's Public Disaster Queens to Close Wahiawa General Inpatient Facilities Many Female HS Athletes without lockerrooms 6 Years After lawsuit Educational worker safety bill advances but removes increased harassment penalties State prevails in ‘reverting’ land under affordable housing project State receives green light on redevelopment of Mayor Wright homes (Again) After Four Years on Streets, One Homeless Person Finally Agrees to Accept Shelter Read More..

Thursday, February 15, 2024 February 15, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:05 PM :: 1507 Views Tulsi for VP? Trump talks with Gabbard about U.S. defense Rabbi Sues Hawaii County Over Mounting Fines for Hosting Small Religious Gatherings in His Home CWS Used Guardianship as Legal Loophole to Place Tortured Girl in Home with Convicted Felon? Will Property Owners be Allowed to Rebuild? Community Opposes HCDA Takeover of Lahaina Another Labor Cost for Business: Momentum Grows For Comprehensive Paid Family Leave In Hawaii Soft on Crime: Thugs Walk Free After beating Security Guard to Death Louis Kealoha Wants Reduced Sentence Testimony in Miske trial pivots to alleged chemical attack on rival nightclub The Packed Hawaii State Hospital May Soon See A Surge In Patients From A Private Facility 'Swarm team' investigates increasing chemical detections in Pearl Harbor's drinking water Still towing complaints 3 years after changes to state law Read More..

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 February 14, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:46 PM :: 1048 Views HPD: First Amber Alert in 19 Years Results in Safe Recovery of Two Boys Big Island: Low Winds Lead to Rolling Blackouts Three Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled to be Heard Liberation of crypto is win for Hawaii Hawaiian Electric 2023 Annual report: Still profitable except for Lahaina Litigation Advocates call for change of legal guardianship policies Lahaina Fire Death Toll Rises To 101 After Police Identify Remains Of Missing Person   Survivors’ Monthly Hotel Bill: $15,000 paid by FEMA SB2762 Rent Control: After Rent Subsidies Create Crisis, Legislators prepare to Make it Worse Bills For UBER/LYFT Ride-Share Fee And A Climate-Impact Fee Advance Some Reform Bills Are Simply Ignored Until They Die — And They Start Dying Friday 65 Shell Bills on the Move Pension Scam behind Star-Advertiser bankruptcy? Read More..

Tuesday, February 13, 2024 February 13, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 3045 Views SB3381: HCDA will use Eminent Domain to Take Over Lahaina Make it in to High End Resort Area Bribe-Taking Cocaine Dealer J Kalani ‘Powdernose’ English to get Early Release Lahaina Fire Charity Scam News: Kaniela Ing Faces More Charges Of Campaign Spending Violations Torture House Foster parent Requests Release -- Denied Miske was Child Abuser, got Probation Labor Trafficking: Getting Away With It Lahaina Death Trap: The Day Fire Engulfed Kuhua Street Secret Hawaii Energy Cabal Fades Away Why an M&A swoop in Hawaii is a big bet on the yen Gov. Green calls new Hawaii housing bill ‘unconstitutional’ Hawaiʻi to build out housing services with Medicaid under new federal program Driver Chose Which Cop would Administer DUI Test Read More..

Monday, February 12, 2024 February 12, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:39 PM :: 1412 Views 9th Circuit To Hear Oral Argument in Absentee Voting Case for Citizens in U.S. Territories Kaheohe 'comprehensive' homeless solution houses only 34 people Blangiardi announces Andy Sugg as new Chief of Staff Miske trial picks up after a week of Witness Intimidation Green Pushing Tax Hikes Tourism: Another Year of Stagnation HB1611: Stop Recycling Bad Cops? Local Food?  DoE has a solution--‘give us more money’ 2023: A Year of Hawaiian Spyin' Read More..

Sunday, February 11, 2024 February 11, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM :: 1471 Views Father:  DHS and Catholic Charities both involved in Geanna Bradley Placement in Torture House Nearly 5,000 Maui fire victims remain in hotels Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 10, 2024 SB3196: More Gun Control on the Agenda Hawaii energy policy bedeviled by price, reliability tradeoffs Hoarding School Impact Fees 93 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide SB3381: HCDA to Control Lahaina Redevelopment? HB2762: OHA to Build Casino at Kakaako Makai? Mafia News: SHOPO Lawyer Devens Planted on Supreme Court to Block Release of Police Disciplinary Records LOL: Hawaii Version of ‘Three-Strike’ bill for repeat violent offenders -- Prosecutors will actually be allowed to charge a felony Hawaii teens report persistent mental-health problems A ‘Shockingly Broken System’: Hawaii Failing To Meet ANY Child Care Safety Regulations BJ Penn for … Council? Read More..

Saturday, February 10, 2024 February 10, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:04 PM :: 2401 Views  AGAIN: Family Court Gave Another Girl to Another Convicted Felon, She was also starved and tortured to death Naming Names: Which Honolulu Lawyers are Helping Miske Catch Informants? Wahiawa Foster Girl Tortured, Murdered Article misrepresents status of Hawaii ballot bill  Read More..

Friday, February 9, 2024 February 9, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 1089 Views Maui Fires: Green, Bissen Feds Six-Month Update Guam Meth Kingpin Gets 30 Years Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for Fatal Crashes Involving Unlicensed Drivers 'Spirit of Aloha' Hawaii Supreme Court gun ruling brings praise and ridicule SB2392: Hawaii committee advances bill that could keep Trump off the ballot Bill 21:  Emergency building permits for Maui Fire Survivors Lahaina family excited to rebuild home after fire debris is cleared from property   After listening Tour, House GOP Champions ‘Common Sense’ Bills, Conservative Values Unaffordable Affordables: Another $10M Subsidy for Black Sand, Kobayashi Big Island Police Discipline: Exhibitionist and a Burglar HB1626: To Keep More Criminals on the Streets,  Shorten Probation Periods As Always Intended: Waimanalo Gulch to be Extended Read More..

Thursday, February 8, 2024 February 8, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:54 PM :: 1029 Views UHERO: After Six Months of 'Relief' Lahaina Survivors Health Worsens Kula Fire Recovery: "No one is coming to save you" Hawaii Supreme Court Rejects Major Second Amendment Rulings in New Gun-Carry Decision Blackouts cast doubt on renewable energy mandates House to Consider Three Bills to Reduce Cost of Living Maui wildfires leadership void -- Six Months Still No Answers Glittering Illusion: Fake Proposal to ban foreign purchase of Hawaii land draws 2,000 testimonies Real Purpose of fake ‘Anti-Trump’ Bill: Create process to handle Candidate Challenges? Hawaii Child Welfare Polygamy Procurement Child starvation death: Adults all got Probation and time served  HB1610 Killed: Would have capped Cost of UIPA Requests Legalize?  Marijuana Behind 70% of Auto Accidents Witnesses allege HPD officer tossed what appeared to be beer bottles from SUV after crash ‘Basically collapsing’: Buried WWII-era landfill plagues high school’s athletic complex Disabled Veterans Get Big Discount on Kauai Property Taxes Read More..

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 February 7, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:58 PM :: 1654 Views Star-Advertiser Profitable ... except A social tax policy I could agree with DLNR: Court Ruling Protects Endangered Hawaii Birds from 'Save the Mosquito' Activists Hawaii Information Practices: Annual Report for 2023 HPD Hits Critic with Bogus Sex Case Witnesses allege HPD officer tossed what appeared to be beer bottles from SUV after crash SB2475: Schools to Stop Recycling Child Molesters? Anti-Insurrectionist Ballot Bill  Passes Committee 3-2 DHHL Buying Kauai’s last ‘Affordable’ Apartment Complex--Residents to be Evicted?  Families Stopped Paying Rent During The Red Hill Water Crisis. Now Their Landlord Wants To Collect New law to protect renters from background check fees Read More..

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 February 6, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 PM :: 1654 Views Family Court Secrets: Two Years After Ariel Sellers Murder, Kaluas Still Retain Parental Rights Court: HMSA Physician Contracts “oppressive, unconscionable, and unenforceable” Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review Lahaina Fire: Maui PD After Action Report Full Text Kaneshiro, Mitsunaga want key evidence excluded from corruption trial Witness Intimidation: Defend Hawaii owner back in federal custody after instigating a Waikiki brawl Finger-Pointing On State's latest Botched IT Job State psychiatric hospital overcrowded with patients who don’t have medical needs Wahiawa General Hospital forced to transfer patients after air condition breakdown DoE Lunchroom Food Goes to Feed Pigs The Game Management Advisory Commission Was Created To Be The Voice Of Hawaii's Hunters. Is Anyone Listening? University of Hawaii selects film studio developer for West Oahu Read More..

Monday, February 5, 2024 February 5, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:16 PM :: 1127 Views Long Lines Suppress Republican Votes on Election Day:  City Clerk Plans to do it Again in 2024 Let’s Fulfill MLK’s Dream in Hawai‘i Hawaii’s cost-of-living problem is an economic freedom problem Hawaii: Never a shortage of costly and grandiose project proposals Danger: 200 tax bills being considered by Legislature Lawmakers seek clarity on possible connections between suspects in 2 acid attacks while serving time Taxpayers will likely have to fork over $12.5M for latest settlement in high-speed police chase Green Energy is a Joke: Hawaii building Six More Diesel Plants disguised as ‘biodiesel’ Green Energy: Means ‘More Expensive’--Let’s call it ‘Carbon Cashback’ Green Means ‘More Expensive’--Let’s call it ‘Climate Fee’ Will New Property Tax Backfire on DoE Bureaucracy? Lahaina Fires Become Excuse du Jour Campaign Cash Rolls in to Usual Incumbents Insurance Company Led By HECO Board Chair Is Suing His Own Utility Over The Maui Fires Shelters are Retirement Centers for Career Homeless Read More..

Sunday, February 4, 2024 February 4, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:43 PM :: 1410 Views What Were They Thinking? Maui 'Renewable' Power Plant--Surprise, its Diesel! Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 3, 2024 Kauai: Tourism Industry Scores Another Big Win Over Agriculture  SB3350: Outlaw Supreme Court Justice Vlad Devens’ Mafia Trick HB1537 DoE Money Grab: Create New Property Tax, Rob Counties Bill to raise Hawaii DOE superintendent pay cap sparks controversy Would Public Campaign Financing Help Republicans? Miske trial as performance An alarming uptick in crime alerts HPD Hawaii County officials eyeing possible sites for massive festering homeless tent cities Money News: Mizuno and Moku are the Latest to Pretend to do Something About Homelessness UH: 530 Dorms Closed --- going on 1,186 Read More..

Saturday, February 3, 2024 February 3, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:22 PM :: 1150 Views DCCA Dumps Mis-Named 'Innovation Lab': Crypto Suddenly Deregulated Alaska and Hawaii Delegations Seek Medicare Reimbursement Flexibility for Rural Hospitals Kalani HS Wins 2024 Hawaiʻi LifeSmarts State Competition HB 106: Mayors to be Judge, Jury, Executioner? DHS Expands Preschool Open Doors Program to Age 3 HIDOE seeks feedback on revising student journalism policy HB2700: How Much Will Taxpayers Fork Out to Protect Hawaiian Electric from Litigation Over Wildfire Damage? Cover-Up: After Four Years of Stalling, HART Board scrapping internal audit Legislator Proposes Ban on Public Mask Wearing Artificial Intelligence: Legislators Threatened by Competition? 'Starting the conversation' -- Maui officials consider launching intra-county ferry system Oregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can’t run for reelection Former Schofield soldier is ordered jailed in Jan. 6 attack Read More..

Friday, February 2, 2024 February 2, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:38 PM :: 1656 Views Day One: 50 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide PUC Approves $95M Rate Hike for 5-year HECO grid resilience plan HECO New Welcome Home Rate: $0.62 per kwh HECO: Blackouts This Weekend Will be Longer than Usual Thanks to New Policy Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Wall That Heals Coming to Maui Top Miske Lieutenant was Fake Cop and FBI informant Nightmare: With Stroke of Pen, Blangiardi unleashes more spending for more useless Rail Campaign Donations Roll In For Honolulu Mayor's Reelection Bid Mazie Hirono Reelection Fund $1.8M: Bought n paid for by Military-Industrial Complex  Hotels Unions Think This is Year they can wipe out Vacation rentals Commercial ocean operators: Proposed permitting system would sink their industry Maui Has Yet To Launch A Covid-Era Housing Program That Could Provide $24 Million In Relief To Fire Survivors Read More..

Thursday, February 1, 2024 February 1, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:45 PM :: 1119 Views 18 Years Later State Wins Dannenberg EUTF Suit Reduce Minimum Lot Size to Lower Housing Costs Three Ways to Lower Hawaii's Cost of Living COVID Money: HGEA Awarded $150M--and it is just the beginning Ken Lawson’s Favorite Pimp Busted for Pimping Again Federal investigation and indictment of three city officials started with complaint from HPD After Fraser’s murder, Miske felt emboldened. The Illusion of Carbon Taxes Hawaii Ranks #10 for Congenital Syphilis Will More Hotel Railings Fall? Green has Appointed Six Legislators, and Counting Election Dis-Integrity? Another Schizophrenic killed on street because doo-gooders shut lunatic asylums down Honolulu Police Fired For Buying Gun Parts, Domestic Violence And Not Activating Bodycam Dumb and Expensive Plan for Lahaina Debris: Move it Twice Read More..

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 January 31, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:13 PM :: 1926 Views Murder of Ariel Sellers: Motion to Unseal Kalua Family Court Records Eco-Lawyers to Sue Hawaiian Electric Because Birds Hit Power Lines? House Democrats Introduce 2024 Legislative Package  Five Straight Months of Tourism Decline Since Lahaina Fire HB1357: New State Property Tax on the Move in Legislature Armed Robber with Purple Hair Gets no respect in Legislature: Lahaina Rep Elle Cochran Not Consulted on Lahaina Bills Hawaii Green Energy Initiative is 100% Fake--Hawaii Electricity Still 80% Oil-Fired Some Maui residents fear programs aimed to house fire survivors could make other families homeless After Doing Everything they can to Force Lahaina Fire Victims to move to the Mainland, Maui Finally Accepts a few FEMA Trailers Maui Businesses Are Supposed To Have Priority For Wildfire Cleanup Jobs. Do They? Money-Grubbing Dopers in Legislature Argue over how to Legalize Recreational Marijuana Legislators Again Pushing State-Run Retirement Savings Scam--Auto Enroll? DOE: 11 schools with inoperable fire alarms Miske’s ‘right-hand man’ testifies for prosecution, but could prove gift for defense Read More..

Tuesday, January 30, 2024 January 30, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:05 PM :: 1555 Views Senate Sets Triple Hearing on Vacation Rental Bill FEMA to Build Hawaii's First Mobile Home Park Oahu is slated to see more power outages — that last longer. Here’s why WSJ: Hawaii’s Electric Utility Could Soon Feel the Burn From tents to barns, Hawaiʻi charter school advocates say it's time for a permanent campus DHHL has ‘Committed’ only 1/3 of the $600M it was awarded Forget the First Amendment: Hawaii to Outlaw ‘Deceptive’ Media? Ballot process opens Thursday for Hawaii political candidates AG swamped with hundreds more cases after city prosecutor’s ‘unilateral’ decision A Birth On A Hilo Sidewalk Reflects Challenges In Helping A Growing Homeless Community Needle Exchange Van Keeps Chinatown Full of Homeless Zombies Open, all-gender restrooms at UH Medical School spark concern BYU-Hawaii's historic David O. McKay mosaic and complex set to come down Measures seek to ease Puna’s insurance crisis Hawaii Ranchers Want More Land Transferred To The State Agriculture Department Read More..

Monday, January 29, 2024 January 29, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:04 PM :: 1082 Views DoTAX Grabs for Restaurants’ COVID Relief Money Proposed STR regulations pose threat to Hawaii Island economy Not Much to Show for Governor's Emergency Housing Proclamations Next Step: Transfer Mauna Kea to OHA Control A Senate Bill Would Trade Good Friday For 'Reconciliation' As A State Holiday Year Two after Bribery Arrests: Legislators Pander to Transparency Concerns 50% Less Calculations find fare covers 3% of rail costs City, Howard Hughes Headed For Trial After Supreme Court Ruling New Department of Law Enforcement encounters growing pains, including with its new HQ Hawaii County slashes maximum payment to buy lava-impacted properties Student Journalists Still Fighting For Press Freedom In Hawaii Read More..

Sunday, January 28, 2024 January 28, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM :: 5236 Views Audit Exposes Widespread Payroll Cheating at State Hospital LLC Ownership Secrecy: Oh BOI, More Red Tape for All Transit: Its growth, decline, and pending demise Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 27, 2024 House Introduces Maui Wildfire Bills Reasons to be optimistic about the 2024 Legislature Lawsuit Over Teen Raped by son of HGEA President Settled for $1.25 Million Next Step: HART Gobbles up TheBus How much to tax tourists to be debate in Legislature Temporary campus opening for King Kamehameha III Elementary pushed back Anxiety Sets In For Family Displaced By Lahaina Fire As Moving Day Looms Bill would clarify definition of ‘historic property’ More conversions of Downtown Honolulu office buildings on the way 5 city park facilities closed due to vandalism Read More..

Saturday, January 27, 2024 January 27, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 2587 Views Yet Another Report on How to Improve Hawaii's Competitiveness Suspect in chemical attack was bailed out of jail day before State AG: People’s ‘reticence’ to speak to investigators slowing wildfire probe Honolulu City Council ‘reprograms’ $39M in federal COVID funds as gift to Unions Belatti, 13 other Legislators push for more Shrooms Read More..

Friday, January 26, 2024 January 26, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:55 PM :: 1284 Views Christian Club Sues Hawaii Department Of Education After Allegedly Being Barred From School Grounds Lung Association: Hawai‘i Earns Mixed Grades for Tobacco Control Policies Hawaii 2nd Smallest Racial Wealth Gap Hawaii Bill Would Take Steps Against a Central Bank Digital Currency Hawaii Democrats to Investigate Kim Coco Iwamoto Anti-Vaxxerism? Justice: Alaska judge will preside over Kaneshiro-Mitsunaga bribery trial after an unexpected recusal FEMA Chief in Lahaina rebuilding amidst criticisms, price gouging Mercado Kim Retaliation Bill Against Media ‘It’s unacceptable to me,’ Mayor Blangiardi speaks on the mistrust the lack of communication from HPD puts on the public Almost 340 bills are introduced to Hawaii lawmakers by the governor Dozens express strong opposition to County Council’s short-term rental measure Is Hawaii Saying Goodbye to Vacation Rentals? North Shore homeowners blocked from building seawall Billboards may be allowed in Aloha Stadium district Hawai‘i Digital Currency Innovation Lab to conclude after four years of research Hawaii Highest Grocery Bills in USA Slam The Brakes On Runaway Legal Fees Charged By Condo Boards Read More..

Thursday, January 25, 2024 January 25, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:57 PM :: 1495 Views 'FBI' Chain Letter Scheme Entraps Hawaii Republicans and Libertarians Sen Karl Rhoads Closing Barn Door after the Trump Escapes? Enviros: Honolulu is Primed for Carbon Pricing Video: Massive Waves Rip thru Kwajalein Base Applicants Wanted for State Ethics Commission Miske company manager implicates Miske in kidnapping Judge Backs Out Of Honolulu Corruption Case At Last Minute City Council approves federal agreement -- votes to build more Honolulu rail with mystery cost City council approves measure to help struggling businesses along Dillingham rail construction Help more keiki access school-choice options Many 'emergency hire' teachers brought in to fight Hawaii's teacher shortage Read More..

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 January 24, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:28 PM :: 2777 Views Court: Ethics Rules do Apply to OHA Trustees Miske News: Ikaika Anderson Walks Free After Witness Fails to Appear Duct tape, robbery and kidnapping in 1st day of trial of Hawaii crime boss Miske Thousands of Hawaii School Employees To Get Up To 25% In ‘Pandemic Hazard Pay’ Senators Jet Around Globe on Your Dime Half-Way to $600M failure, DHHL asks for more money 2016 crash report involving embattled HPD corporal appears to disagree with sworn testimony Habitual crimes could become felonies in Hawaii Legislators to Stick Ratepayers with Bill for Hawaiian Electric Fire Liability Condo Associations: A little power is a dangerous thing Plan: Create Retirement Centers for Career Homeless Read More..

Tuesday, January 23, 2024 January 23, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:12 PM :: 1784 Views VIDEO: State of the State Address 2024 Hawaii Bill Would Legalize Raw Milk Sales Recovery? Maui County Greets New Year with GE Tax Increase Trial begins for Hawaii businessman accused of murder-for-hire, racketeering Secret recordings of 3 former city executives reveal “low down, underhanded scheme”  Miske Trial: 'Master Manipulator' Or 'Self-Made Businessman'? SHOPO, Honolulu police sergeant settle lawsuit Insurance Companies Want Their Money Back For Lahaina Fire Claims. They're Going After HECO For It Maui County To Open A Special Permitting Office To Help Lahaina Rebuild? Lahaina: 1,367 owners of Maui short-term rental units agree to house fire victims Read More..

Monday, January 22, 2024 January 22, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:20 PM :: 1264 Views Did you Buy a Gun and a Bible? Feds Sift Thru Bank Transactions Looking for 'Domestic Terrorists' Hawaii Bill Would Reform Civil Asset Forfeiture Process, Opt State Out of Federal Program On the eve of trial, Stancil flips, and Miske requests a new jury COVID Funding: HGEA, UPW, HSTA Grab for Millions in ‘Hazard Pay’ Legislature in Session: Conspiracy Afoot to Gut Sunshine Law School Construction $1M per Classroom--with no land cost--or is it $3.5M? Hawaii DOE leaders are urged to cut funds on obsolete programs Increasing Fossil Fuel Use via Carbon Tax Greenwashing Celebratory Mass honors Joseph Dutton as he moves onto next phase of canonization What will the numbers show? Oʻahu braces for upcoming homeless count Read More..

Sunday, January 21, 2024 January 21, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:58 PM :: 6406 Views Will Tax Relief be on Agenda for 2024? Changing ideas is the key to improving Hawaii Saiki Updates House Committee Assignments Hawaii Has Been Named the Most Corrupt State in America David Shapiro: Family ties pay off nicely in Green’s musical chairs How A Maui Court Mishandled A Divorce Case Involving One Of Its Own Did Miske get government subsidies for hiring cons? Is Star-Advertiser Worthless? Legislature has no plan for Lahaina New Hawaii Tourist Fees: Creative Hikes Set to Curb Tourism Danger: Legislators Introduce 1,500 New Bills Before Deadline Hawaii financial management system in need of upgrade after latest failed tech upgrade Council Quietly Guts Tsunami Safety Read More..

Saturday, January 20, 2024 January 20, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:04 PM :: 2261 Views Hold on to your wallets! The Legislature is back in session Ways to improve Maui Interim Housing Plan Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 20, 2024 Grubbing for Money: OHA sues over Mauna Kea management authority Tripler Botches Botches and Botches Again--Kills 31 yr old mom HART Board Members Question Whether Track Defects Fall Under 'Routine Maintenance' Industrial businesses on Oahu may have a tough time expanding Soft on Crime: Man who attacked Honolulu police officer gets verdict downgraded Program Aims to Put More Dangerous Lunatics on Streets Read More..

Friday, January 19, 2024 January 19, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:21 PM :: 2415 Views Hawaii offers a case study on the inadequacies of wind and solar DLNR Transfers 24,200 Acres to Agriculture Department HR6062: Congress Considers Amendments to American Samoa Constitution UH Deal will make Aloha Stadium even less profitable Kauai County Council member receives ‘credible threat’ Kauai County Councilman Is Put On Leave From State Teaching Job Kennedy Rallies to Create new Political Party in Hawaii Federal officials are no-shows at Red Hill community meeting CNHA is Doing Something: Surprise! It’s Illegal Bezos promised $100 million after Maui wildfire but no one knows where it’s going Police: Homeless woman gives birth on sidewalk in downtown Hilo--drags baby around   Read More..

Thursday, January 18, 2024 January 18, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:11 PM :: 1120 Views Saiki Opening Day Speech: Don’t let Lahaina property owners rebuild Time to ask ‘tough questions’ about state energy policy Legislature Considering Constitutional Amendment to Enact a State Property Tax Settlement Hearing Set for Hawaii DoE Title IX Class Action Suit  Friends of Criminal Attempted to Intervene in New Years Day Manhunt--now they sue Some Hawaii charter schools tops on tests--others not so much Opening Day: Long Lines thru ‘Security’ at Capitol ‘A serious matter’: HPD admits to $575K mistake in e-ticketing program, procurement violation Don’t read too much into plea bargains Hawaii continues to have one of the lowest age-adjusted firearm fatality rates in the nation Read More..

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 January 17, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 3272 Views Hawaii 9th Worst State to Start a Business State De-Carbonization Report Debunked Hawaii fares poorly in ‘economic freedom ranking Mizuno News: Green Picks Nepotistic Nominee for HD29 Vacancy U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge on homelessness ordinance ban Hold on to your Wallet: Legislature in Session Maui Renters Face ‘Increasingly Hostile Housing Market’ Thanks to Government Rent Subsidies Gay Socialist Oahu teacher gets 17-year prison sentence for producing child porn Log of personnel at Maui EOC on day Lahaina burned offers insight — and raises more questions 600,000 tons of ash, debris to be hauled from Lahaina Read More..

Tuesday, January 16, 2024 January 16, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 2163 Views Schatz Blasts Trump’s Dangerous Claim Of Total Impunity, Warns Of Rising Threat Of Authoritarianism In The U.S. Star-Advertiser Owner Bankrupt--Paper to be transferred to creditors Kona Airport Runway Cracks Force Shutdown Hawaii Worst State for Drivers OHA Backs Off On Its Push To Develop Kakaako Makai, At Least For Now No body? Not a problem. New Gun Safety Training Rules May Be Hurting Sales It Started With A Messy Front Porch. Now This Elderly Woman’s Condo Association May Take Her Home Hydrogen: 17 vehicles get their own slush fund Solar Industry Whines About Reduced Subsidies Homeless to be Illegally Kicked out of Low Income Housing to make way for Hawaiians Is Honolulu opposing 9th Circuit rulings that invalidated laws against homeless camps? Feel Good:  Lahaina wildfire debris to be wrapped in plastic before transfer to landfill HPD officers lose ‘invaluable’ speed enforcement tool Read More..

Monday, January 15, 2024 January 15, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:02 PM :: 3782 Views 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood Election 2024: Candidate Filing Begins Feb 1 Honolulu’s Skyline rail ridership still paltry, cost now $72 each Are rolling blackouts the price Hawaii must pay for clean energy? More Heads Roll at DLNR Hawaii’s State Mental Hospital Has Long History of ‘Horrifying’ Problems Oahu public housing projects pretend to advance again  Hawaii New Car Markups Among Highest in USA Read More..

Sunday, January 14, 2024 January 14, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 1404 Views More Tax Hikes Coming Hawaii Congressional Delegation--How they Voted January 13, 2024 Lisa Ginoza and Vladimir Devens Sworn In as Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Associate Justices “Non-criminal form of corruption” Will  ‘green’ energy bankrupt Hawaiian Electric? Energy policy makers should get outages first Miske Trial: Jury selection should be complete on Tuesday DLNR fines 2 homeowners on Oahu $1M each for shoreline violations Alameda officially launches campaign to oust Roth Read More..

Saturday, January 13, 2024 January 13, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:38 PM :: 887 Views Lahaina Building Permit: Corps of Engineers has 75-point test DPP ‘Solution’ to affordable housing: Raise the Rent Daughter-in-law of alleged crime boss Mike Miske takes plea deal for racketeering Oahu emergency rooms overcrowded as demand on West side grows Hawaii hospitals are full ahead of possible nurses' strike Read More..

Friday, January 12, 2024 January 12, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:02 PM :: 1356 Views Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Sites Published Company Owned by Civil Beat Publisher Criminally Liable for Terror Campaign Against Media Critics  Navy still on the hook for negligence claims by military families injured by jet fuel leak Giant Tesla Battery system comes online, speeding Hawaii's transition to rolling blackouts Oahu Rolling Blackouts Caused by Coal Plant Closure House Democrats Outline Priorities for 2024 Session Honolulu Inflation 3rd Highest in USA Hawaii: State with the Smallest Credit Score Increase    Did the alleged “Miske Enterprise” dabble in fireworks? As Usual, CoR Suddenly finds $500M for Legislature to Spend Lawsuit Aims To Halt Hawaiian Merger Lawsuit Alleges Two State Entities Improperly Hired Their Leaders Behind Closed Doors Hawaii hospitals are full ahead of possible nurses' strike EPA probe eyes plumbing concerns after Navy confirms diesel in 4 Pearl Harbor homes     5 months after Lahaina disaster, state still lacks emergency response plan for wildfires Blangiardi Admin Pushes Back against Aid for Rail-Impacted Businesses Homeless Garbage Threatens Makiki With Flooding Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth to run for reelection Read More..

Thursday, January 11, 2024 January 11, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:08 PM :: 1163 Views State Senate Democrats Announce Legislative Priorities for 2024 Hawaii: $2.5M needed to retire No-Bid 8a Contractors Got Millions--but Rains Washed Lahaina Ash into Ocean Anyway  Depositions Go badly for ‘Sue Big Oil’ Eco-Kiddies Ewa Rep Martinez Refuses to Make Lead Contamination test Results Public Kaneshiro Corruption Case Set for Trial Feb 27 Miske Trial Day 3 $100M will be left for Native Hawaiian causes from Kawananakoa Estate UH 800 bed Dorm vacant for Seven Years, nobody noticed How big is the latest COVID wave? Red Hill Registry Being Planned to Study Long-Term Health Effects of Tainted Water on Hawaii Military Community Settlement talks continue in sex assault case against former Saint Louis School football stars More details emerge in HCCC overdoses Read More..

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 January 10, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 1054 Views Mizuno News: Dems send Green Nepotistic Nominee for HD29 Vacancy Rolling Blackout Hits Within Days After Kapolei Battery Farm Goes Online Americans Moved to Low-Tax States in 2023 Hawaii Isle property tax bill could penalize owners of ohana units Let’s try a bottom-up approach to more homebuilding $4.5M: The Real Cost of Smoking in Hawaii Lahaina: More kama'aina leaving the islands for better opportunities Burn zones in Lahaina have reopened, but scores of residents still can’t sift their properties Burn More Billions: Council panel votes to support Rail to Ala Moana Mall Amid worrisome surge, Queen’s West sees more ER visits than state’s largest hospital Proposed new gun permitting process draws passionate testimony on both sides Trio of Repeat Offenders charged in Oahu Country Club burglary Navy glitch sends 2 million gallons of sewage into Hawaii waters Next Tech Debacle will Cost $60M-- Josh Green Honolulu Nears Settlement In Case Of Man Who Says He Was Wrongfully Jailed For Months Read More..

Tuesday, January 9, 2024 January 9, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:01 PM :: 1207 Views Lack of Solar: Rolling Blackouts for Oahu $600M: Saiki Announces Act 279 DHHL Working Group Mizuno News: Dems send Green Three Nominees for HD29 Vacancy Top Three Slush Fund Surges for Wave of Retirees Hawaii To Get $250M More In Tax Collections Than Expected    Miske Trial Day 1 Corrections head: Screenings, x-rays failed to prevent fatal jail overdose Read More..

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